Northern Pomo Phrasicon

kaynaʔ ch'o:na:m bits'uts'ay nat̪e ʔa: diley pʰakye
	kaynaʔ	ch'o:	-na:m	bits'u	-ts'ay	nat̪e	?a:	diley	pʰak	-ye
	chicken	egg	-the	small	-plural	but	I	all	sell	-past
although the eggs were small I sold them all
EC

mo:w t̪ʰint̪a shana:m daje nat̪e ʔa: maʔa
	mo:w	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	sha	-na:m	da-	-je	-ʔ	nat̪e	ʔa:	maʔa
	he	not	-Q	fish	-the	hand-	-catch	-Q	but	I	eat
he probably caught the fish but I ate it
EC

beʔ yemal t̪o: jalil tʰoʔo: maʔa da: nat̪e kʰe maʔa shon

jalil

da:

nat̪e

kʰe

maʔa

sho

-n

this

year

just

acorn mush

eat

want

but

acorn

lack

-ing

I just want to eat acorn mush this year but I have no acorns

diley dano t'aboʔ nat̪e k'o malijinha
	diley	dano	t'aboʔ	nat̪e	k'o	mali	-ji	-nha
	all	hill	dry	but	not	burn	-semelf.	-not
the hills are all dry but haven't burned
EC

ba-de: mo:wal baʔole nat̪e John shuʔu:jiʔi
	ba-de:	mo:wal	baʔole	nat̪e	John	shuʔu:ji	-ʔi
	his older sister	him	call	but	John	forget	-reflex.
his older sister called him, but John forgot
EC

hayu hoʔna:mya:ʔ mit̪o k'ana:hut̪i nat̪e ma manitʰin

hayu

hoʔ

-na:m

-ya:ʔ

mit̪o

k'ana:

-hu

-t̪i

nat̪e

manitʰi

-n

dog

small

-the

-nom.

you

-go

-mev.

but

you

hate

-ing

the dog keeps coming close to you but you hate (it)

hayu hoʔna:mya:ʔ mit̪o k'ana:hut̪i nat̪e ma mo:wal manitʰin

hayu

hoʔ

-na:m

-ya:ʔ

mit̪o

k'ana:

-hu

-t̪i

nat̪e

mo:wal

manitʰi

-n

dog

small

-the

-nom.

you

-go

-mev.

but

you

him

hate

-ing

the dog keeps coming close to you but you hate him

wayʔe ya pʰilawʔye nat̪e ʔa: maʔa shuʔu:jiʔkan ya xamal pʰili

wayʔe

pʰila

-w

-ʔ

-ye

nat̪e

ʔa:

maʔa

shuʔu:ji

-ʔ

-ka

-n

xamal

pʰili

early

go.plural

-dir.

-semelf.

-past

but

food

forget

-semelf.

-cause

-ing

back

go.plural

we left earlier but because I forgot the food we went back

pʰuy ma:n nat̪e mo:w ma:dal maʔamaʔaka daʔade
	pʰuy	ma:n	na	-t̪e	mo:w	ma:dal	maʔa	-maʔa	-ka	daʔa	-de
	fat	she	be	-but	he	her	food	-eat	-cause	want	-present
he wanted her to eat even though she was fat
EC

ba-tʰel ya: kolay nat̪e ma:dal du:l meʔ ya: t'iko:t̪ay nay

ba-tʰe

-l

ya:

kol

-ay

nat̪e

meʔ

-t̪ay

-y

her mother

-acc.

leg

long

-plural

but

her

other

char.

leg

short

-plural

-past

her mother's legs were long but hers, on the other hand, were short

ba-tʰel ya: meʔ kolay nay nat̪e ma:dalna:m ya: t'iko:t̪ay nan

ba-tʰe

-l

ya:

meʔ

kol

-ay

-y

nat̪e

ma:dal

-na:m

ya:

t'iko:

-t̪ay

-n

her mother

-acc.

leg

char.

long

-plural

-past

but

her

-the

leg

short

-plural

-ing

her mother's legs were long but hers are short

ts'it̪na:m yo:w pʰidiʔ t̪o: t̪'a nat̪e xamal japʰidin

-na:m

-ʔ

t̪'a

nat̪e

xamal

-pʰidi

-n

bird

-the

south

fly

-semelf.

think

but

back

house

-fly

-ing

I thought the bird flew south, but it is flying back (here)

ʔa: k'uhum haʔak k'edi nat̪e ʔa: sima mitijade
	ʔa:	k'uhum	haʔak	k'edi	nat̪e	ʔa:	sima	miti	-j	-ade
	I	white sedge root	trim	good	but	I	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-present
I should trim white sedge roots, but I am going to sleep it would be good if I trimmed basket roots, but I am going to sleep
EC

k'uhumna:m ʔa: haʔak k'edi nat̪e ʔa: sima mitijade
	k'uhum	-na:m	ʔa:	haʔak	k'edi	nat̪e	ʔa:	sima	miti	-j	-ade
	white sedge root	-the	I	trim	good	but	I	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-present
I should trim the white sedge roots, but I am going to sleep it would be good if I trimmed the basket roots, but I am going to sleep
EC

nat̪e mu:l datʰaʔna:ma:n misu:na:mu:l dawatjihe t̪iʔ kawil jabanen

nat̪e

mu:l

datʰaʔ

-na:m

-ma:n

misu:

-na:m

-mu:l

da-

-wat

-ji

-he

t̪iʔ

kawi

-l

jabane

-n

but

that

old woman

-the

-she

log

-the

-that

hand-

-break apart

-semelf.

-having

her.logo.

child

-acc.

kill

-ing

but that old woman, having destroyed that log, killed her child
but having crushed that log, the old lady kills her son
but that old woman broke that log apart, killing her son